A new study reminds us that preventing bullying may truly save lives. — If you have kids of a certain age, this won’t come as a surprise to you. But kids across the country are suffering. Mental health among teen girls is the worst it has been since measurement began, with the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior survey showing that 3 out of 5…

New study is intriguing, but the dosing might be off. — The other day my seven-year-old asked me why all the good tasting foods are junky and all the healthy foods are yucky. And that’s the rub, isn’t it? We have evolved to enjoy high-calorie, high-salt, high-sugar containing foods because we evolved in a time of scarcity. …

Awful puns aside, a new trial suggests we may have a new weapon in the fight against COVID-19: interferon lambda. — With SARS-CoV-2 sidestepping monoclonal antibodies faster than a Texas square-dance, the need for new therapeutic options to treat — not prevent — COVID-19 is becoming more and more dire.

A new study provides more evidence that time watching screens is not time well spent. — The term “screen time” has been around for nearly 100 years, though for the majority of that period it referred to the length of a movie. Cut to 1991 (according to the OED) and a new use of the term appeared in Mother Jones magazine. Since then, “screen time” the…

Population Attributable Fraction…. Isn’t. — I thought I could stay out of it, I really did. I thought I could be like the green reed, and let all the hot air of the “gas stove” crisis bend me, but not break me, and move on to issues that are far more important. But then, my…

A controversial opinion based on a new study. When I was 12, I learned about birth control with 20 other boys in my class in a series of 45-minute sessions with my gym teacher. You know, as nature intended. I remember very little, save for the fact that he referred to mammary glands as “mammalary” glands.

A new study points the finger at viral antigens. — It’s pretty clear at this point that myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — is a complication, albeit a very rare one, of the mRNA COVID vaccines. The big question, of course, is why? To date, it has been a mystery, like Glass Onion. And in the spirit of…

A new study suggests that, even if you survive a covid infection, vaccination would have offered more protection down the line. An interesting paper started making the rounds last week. One with a conclusion that was compelling in its simplicity and appeal to some pre-existing beliefs — vaccination against COVID provides more protection than being infected by COVID. And at first, you hear that and you’re like — of course —…